Sir John Mortimer did much of his greatest work in later life, when most people would feel entitled to call themselves senior citizens and leave it at that. He cheerfully attributed his long life to a ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...
WASHINGTON — John Mortimer, a British lawyer and writer who created the character Horace Rumpole, a disheveled barrister memorably featured in the popular television series “Rumpole of the Bailey,” ...
Mr. Mortimer was a barrister, author, playwright and the creator of Horace Rumpole, the cunning defender of the British criminal classes. By Helen T. Verongos John Mortimer, who died on Friday at 85, ...
EVERY true-born Englishman knows that the law is an ass. Rules are better honoured in the breach than the observance. Judges are best represented in a chorus line at the D'Oyly Carte. The English ...
If only Hogarth, Gillray and Sayers, the great pioneers of political cartooning, could dispatch their wits on the right-wing American politics of today.
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